Paris vs Sendai - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 14, 2025

	Paris	Sendai
🚶 Cost of living one person	$2517	$1069
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$5700	$2571
🏠 One person rent	$1497	$460
🏘️ Family rent	$2629	$750
🍽️ Food expenses	$596	$374
🚐 Transport expenses	$279	$122
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3732	$1516
😷 Air quality	Excellent	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	14 km	15 km
🎓 Higher education	99	72
😀 Quality of life	97	90
🏙️ Population	2.15M	1.06M

The cost of living in Paris is 136% more expensive than in Sendai. Cities ranked 843rd and 5094th ($2517 vs $1069) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 139th in France and Japan, respectively. Check France vs Japan comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.5 months in Paris compared to 1.4 months in Sendai. Paris ranked 1st best city to live in France vs Sendai ranked 7th in Japan, while ranked 18th and 242nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Paris vs Sendai

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	Paris	Sendai
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$16.9	$6.27
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$62.1	$33.1
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$13.3	$4.59
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$7.44	$3.32
☕ Cappuccino	$5.07	$3.84
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$4.06	$1.54
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1610	$497
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1211	$282
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2936	$798
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2181	$503
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$173	$102
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$263	$155
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$33.7	$33.2
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	3.51%	2.98%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$13420	$2230
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$9330	$1261
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$2.89	$1.66
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$103	$46.4
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$25.2	$15.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$2.1	$1.1
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.62	$1.37
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$2.01	$1.15
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.62	$3.6
🥚 Eggs, x12	$5.52	$1.75
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$21.7	$9.54
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$15.2	$7.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$19.5	$9.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.4	$5.16
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.48	$2.12
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.21	$4.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.19	$3.54
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.64	$2.45
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.09	$1.93
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.51	$0.49
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$2.92	$1.28
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10.3	$7.88
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$2.66	$2
🚬 Cigarette pack	$14.5	$4.63
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$4.46	$10.4
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.56	$4.67
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$3.38	$1.33
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$3.54	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$37.6	$52
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$15.6	$11.8
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$30	$66.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$22.2	$14.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$112	$58.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$121	$48.5
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$792	$303
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$15084	$5899

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Cities near Paris

Distance	City	Cost of living
5.5 km or 3.4 mi	Ivry-sur-Seine	$2042
6.4 km or 4 mi	Aubervilliers	$1892
6.7 km or 4.2 mi	Montreuil	$1957
7 km or 4.3 mi	Neuilly-sur-Seine	$2358
7.7 km or 4.8 mi	Asnieres-sur-Seine	$2063
8.3 km or 5.2 mi	Vitry-sur-Seine	$1973
8.4 km or 5.2 mi	Boulogne-Billancourt	$2281
8.5 km or 5.3 mi	Courbevoie	$2075
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Bobigny	$1732
8.7 km or 5.4 mi	Saint-Denis	$1932
9.5 km or 5.9 mi	La Garenne-Colombes	$1970
11 km or 7.1 mi	Nanterre	$1754
12 km or 7.2 mi	Creteil	$1928
12 km or 7.5 mi	Rueil-Malmaison	$1666
13 km or 7.9 mi	Argenteuil	$1942
13 km or 8 mi	Champigny-sur-Marne	$1918
13 km or 8.1 mi	Chaville	$1877
14 km or 8.5 mi	Aulnay-sous-Bois	$1799
15 km or 9.4 mi	Massy	$1824
17 km or 11 mi	Versailles	$1986
23 km or 14 mi	Guyancourt	$1896
24 km or 15 mi	Acheres	$1784
32 km or 20 mi	Cergy	$1426
34 km or 21 mi	Savigny-le-Temple	$1604
42 km or 26 mi	Melun	$1426
45 km or 28 mi	Rambouillet	$1787
67 km or 42 mi	Beauvais	$1417
71 km or 44 mi	Compiegne	$1587
73 km or 46 mi	Dreux	$1390
78 km or 49 mi	Chartres	$1321
111 km or 69 mi	Orleans	$1335
112 km or 69 mi	Rouen	$1279
115 km or 72 mi	Amiens	$1300
130 km or 81 mi	Reims	$1486
141 km or 88 mi	Troyes	$1259
148 km or 92 mi	Chalons-en-Champagne	$1613
148 km or 92 mi	Auxerre	$1288
150 km or 93 mi	Dieppe	$1532
158 km or 98 mi	Lisieux	$1397
162 km or 101 mi	Arras	$1488

Cities near Sendai

Distance	City	Cost of living
11 km or 6.8 mi	Natori	$989
12 km or 7.2 mi	Rifu	$992
12 km or 7.5 mi	Tagajo	$986
14 km or 8.7 mi	Tomiya	$988
14 km or 8.9 mi	Shiogama	$989
18 km or 11 mi	Iwanuma	$983
20 km or 12 mi	Taiwa	$988
25 km or 16 mi	Shibata	$972
26 km or 16 mi	Watari	$979
27 km or 17 mi	Ogawara	$969
33 km or 21 mi	Kakuda	$966
34 km or 21 mi	Kami	$995
35 km or 21 mi	Higashimatsushima	$997
35 km or 22 mi	Misato	$992
35 km or 22 mi	Osaki	$994
37 km or 23 mi	Shiroishi	$951
42 km or 26 mi	Ishinomaki	$1002
44 km or 27 mi	Tendo	$955
45 km or 28 mi	Higashine	$967
47 km or 29 mi	Yamagata	$953
49 km or 30 mi	Murayama	$972
53 km or 33 mi	Soma	$969
53 km or 33 mi	Kurihara	$1001
53 km or 33 mi	Sagae	$959
54 km or 34 mi	Kaminoyama	$938
55 km or 34 mi	Tome	$1001
57 km or 35 mi	Date	$921
66 km or 41 mi	Fukushima	$929
66 km or 41 mi	Takahata	$950
67 km or 42 mi	Nan'yo	$951
70 km or 44 mi	Minamisoma	$980
74 km or 46 mi	Shinjo	$1006
75 km or 46 mi	Nagai	$964
77 km or 48 mi	Yonezawa	$959
77 km or 48 mi	Ichinoseki	$1010
85 km or 53 mi	Nihonmatsu	$942
94 km or 58 mi	Kesennuma	$1011
94 km or 58 mi	Motomiya	$963
96 km or 59 mi	Tamura	$977
100 km or 62 mi	Oshu	$1013